Could of fooled me. All your doing right now is arguing. I'm not ******* on PC users by the way, and that was never my intention if that's what you perceived from my posts. All I was trying to say was that my decision to buy a Mac was based solely from my mostly negative past experiences of using PC's and all of the headaches that I've gone through with various maintenance and software upgrades (Anti-Virus, Spyware remover plus renewal fees etc) that I would be constantly making throughout. I'm sorry that you vehemently disagree with me, I really am. So I guess we should just end this by agreeing to disagree?
Bootcamp is an alternative to Parallels as in they're both virtual machines that are capable of running PC operating systems and whatever software that's only available on a Windows platform (ie: PC Games).
Umm... Bootcamp isn't a virtual machine. With Bootcamp, you literally turn a part (HD partition) of your Mac into a PC. It allows you to run the Windows OS NATIVELY. Therefore, when you boot your Mac into the Windows partition, it'll have full access to ALL of the system resources (graphics, memory, CPU, etc). Parallels, however, is a virtual machine which means it has to SHARE all of the system resources with the Mac OS since it's running simultaneously to it.
If you want to game on your Mac, you have to use Bootcamp.
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Could of fooled me. All your doing right now is arguing. I'm not ******* on PC users by the way, and that was never my intention if that's what you perceived from my posts. All I was trying to say was that my decision to buy a Mac was based solely from my mostly negative past experiences of using PC's and all of the headaches that I've gone through with various maintenance and software upgrades (Anti-Virus, Spyware remover plus renewal fees etc) that I would be constantly making throughout. I'm sorry that you vehemently disagree with me, I really am. So I guess we should just end this by agreeing to disagree?
I think the Mac v PC comes down to overall computer knowledge.
In my experience people who don't take the time to learn about computers either on PC or Mac will have issues.
Take as an example 2 of my best friends.
Both got Macs in the last 8 months, one an Imac 8 months ago, the other a Macbook 4 months ago.
I have been talking about building a new PC since my hardware is now 5 years old and i've encountered zero issues other than one malware infection I took care of in about 15 mins.
Last month we were out watching a Nucks game and in between periods BOTH started spouting off on how good their Macs were compared to PCs... to which I replied "whats the GPU? CPU? How hot is your system running? What if you want to expand your internal memory or add SSD?" To which neither had any idea what I was talking about.
Sure enough here we are about 5 months later, my PC works fine both of their Macs are dead and they don't know how to diagnose it because they are used to PCs, in fact both are still using PCs at work because they couldn't figure out how to get certain Windows applications to run on their Macs properly.
Your Dell situation is facepalm right along with all the suckers I know who buy PCs from Futureshop or Bestbuy and add ridiculous warranties.
If you want to pay more for a Mac your honestly better off getting a referral to a local PC store that can customize based on your needs and paying an extra $50 for setup that's done local and based on what you actually need.
The last 2 PCs i've partially built and had the core parts setup by a local PC store. Both last 5+ years with minimal problems, never had to take any parts back.
Umm... Bootcamp isn't a virtual machine. With Bootcamp, you literally turn a part (HD partition) of your Mac into a PC. It allows you to run the Windows OS NATIVELY. Therefore, when you boot your Mac into the Windows partition, it'll have full access to ALL of the system resources (graphics, memory, CPU, etc). Parallels, however, is a virtual machine which means it has to SHARE all of the system resources with the Mac OS since it's running simultaneously to it.
If you want to game on your Mac, you have to use Bootcamp.
I see. But I have played RPG's on Parallels no problem (Resident Evil 4, Medal of Honor) so it is capable of running PC games on there. I guess for some odd reason that Mass Effect just won't play on my system. I'll look into buying Bootcamp then.
Should I outline every little problem I had to deal with on here for you?
How long is a piece of string?
Also, when you're a student, paying over $100 in annual renewal fees along with the other problems that I've had to routinely pay a computer tech for does make a significant difference in your overall budget.
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There we have it. Dark Souls is finally confirmed for the PC. The front cover of PC Action magazine has confirmed the existence of a PC version of Dark Souls. It’s called “Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition”, and it will be released this August.
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There are new bosses as well in the PC version, and that should be [probably] enough of an incentive for people to buy it, along with the superior graphics of course. Gamepad will be supported.
i own it on ps3, but i'll double dip/pre order for sure. its the best game i played last year ...hell, its probably one of the best games i ever played.
better graphics, 60+frames per second, new bosses ....awesome stuff!
I see. But I have played RPG's on Parallels no problem (Resident Evil 4, Medal of Honor) so it is capable of running PC games on there. I guess for some odd reason that Mass Effect just won't play on my system. I'll look into buying Bootcamp then.
Thanks for the tip.
It's already pre-installed on your Mac, no need to purchase it.
i own it on ps3, but i'll double dip/pre order for sure. its the best game i played last year ...hell, its probably one of the best games i ever played.
better graphics, 60+frames per second, new bosses ....awesome stuff!
best game ever?
That's pushing it.
Hard grindy game that rewards trial and error, which was nice as a throwback... but good god I beat the game and still have no idea what the story was or what I was trying to accomplish 95% of the time.
Hard grindy game that rewards trial and error, which was nice as a throwback... but good god I beat the game and still have no idea what the story was or what I was trying to accomplish 95% of the time.
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its the best game i played last year ...hell, its probably one of the best games i ever played.
He didn't say it was YOUR best game ever. Just that it was his.
i'd probably stratch my head over some of your favorite movies, games, or musical tastes, too. ;P opinions ...we all got em.
its a very tense game. the threat of the enemies and environments is bad enough, but the added threat that another player can invade your game at any time (when you're in human form) and try to kill you really adds to the nail biting experience.
probably one of the scariest and most stressful games i ever played. its awesome.
the bosses are extremely intimidating, too. which i find is more and more rare these days.
Could of fooled me. All your doing right now is arguing. I'm not ******* on PC users by the way, and that was never my intention if that's what you perceived from my posts. All I was trying to say was that my decision to buy a Mac was based solely from my mostly negative past experiences of using PC's and all of the headaches that I've gone through with various maintenance and software upgrades (Anti-Virus, Spyware remover plus renewal fees etc) that I would be constantly making throughout. I'm sorry that you vehemently disagree with me, I really am. So I guess we should just end this by agreeing to disagree?
All he said was that comparing a Mac to a Dell is like comparing a big juicy steak to cabbage.
Should I outline every little problem I had to deal with on here for you?
How long is a piece of string?
Also, when you're a student, paying over $100 in annual renewal fees along with the other problems that I've had to routinely pay a computer tech for does make a significant difference in your overall budget.
I preordered Nexuiz after playing the beta at PAX East today. It's kind of like a Quake style game but they added items. You can pick them up when they spawn and select from three different power ups like unlimited ammo, super fast health regen, jetpacks, etc, that will last for like a minute or so. It feels great and my only complaint is that there's health regen. The good thing is with an arena shooter that's as fast paced as it is, you're likely not going to have the chance to not get hit long enough to regenerate health. If anybody's interested, you can sign up for a chance at a beta key here:
http:/www.alienwarearena.com/nexuiz
Also, I saw a game called Vessel that looked really cool. It's a puzzle/platformer, which I love, but the artwork in the game is great too. It's 20% off on their website during the weekend for PAX:
Another awesome indie game I saw was Quantum Conundrum which looks like the closest to a game you can get to Portal without being Portal. It's actually made by the developers who originally came up with the idea of Portal and then sold it to Valve. I didn't play it but I watched others play it and it looked really fun.
This is the first unified driver from the R300 family of drivers (versions 300.00 to 301.99).
GeForce R300 drivers are packed with new industry-leading, GeForce-exclusive features as well as some really nice performance increases in top games.
New in R300 Drivers:
New GPU Support – Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 680, the fastest, most efficient GPU ever built. Explore GeForce GTX 680 and its new SMX architecture on GeForce.com.
Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 570/580:
Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI
Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
Up to 9% in Bulletstorm
Up to 7% in Civilization V
Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI
Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2
GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:
Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
Up to 12% in Bulletstorm
Up to 11% in Civilization V
Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI
Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI
Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2
NVIDIA FXAA Technology – shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync – dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Adaptive VSync is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
NVIDIA Frame Rate Target – dynamically adjusts frame rate to a user specified target. Support for this feature is enabled via third party applications via NVAPI. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
NVIDIA Surround Technology – Adds the following new Surround capabilities. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
Add in a fourth accessory display to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.
Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).
Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).
Enable bezel peeking – a feature which enables users to temporarily ‘peak’ behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.
Add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).
Full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).
NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
Alan Wake
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
Left 4 Dead
Orcs Must Die!
Portal 2
Risen 2: Dark Waters
The Darkness II
NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
All Zombies Must Die! – rated Fair
Ghosts 'n Goblins Online – rated Good
Oil Rush – rated 3D Vision Ready
Postal III – rated Good
Rayman Origins – rated Good
SevenCore – rated Fair
Stacking – rated Good
Unigine Heaven Benchmark v3.0 – rated 3D Vision Ready
Wargame: European Escalation – rated Good
Warp – rated Good
Wings of Prey – rated Fair
Krater – rated Poor
Other Details
Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.12.0.
Supports OpenGL 4.2
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 680.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.
FXAA is now available from the control panel ...before it was done via Nvidia Inspector. i like it. i also like seeing adaptive vsync and frame targeting there.
i'm also impressed to see them still improving on old games like Far Cry 2, Just Cause 2, etc. pretty cool that they're still providing optimizations on old games like that.
anyway, i haven't tried the driver out myself, but i will do so as soon as i can get around to it.
Those who pre ordered stuff on GMG that has a steam code, when exactly did they get you your code? General internet search reports are conflicting. Some say a few days before others say the day of.
Those who pre ordered stuff on GMG that has a steam code, when exactly did they get you your code? General internet search reports are conflicting. Some say a few days before others say the day of.
when i pre ordered Dead Island on there they sent out a code as soon as Steam allowed pre loading of the game.
so that was at least a couple days before its release.
